CVE-2013-1620
Public on 2013-02-08
Modified on 2014-09-16
Description
The TLS implementation in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) does not properly consider timing side-channel attacks on a noncompliant MAC check operation during the processing of malformed CBC padding, which allows remote attackers to conduct distinguishing attacks and plaintext-recovery attacks via statistical analysis of timing data for crafted packets, a related issue to CVE-2013-0169.
Severity
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CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | nspr | 2013-08-07 | ALAS-2013-216 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | nspr | 2013-12-17 | ALAS-2013-266 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | nss | 2013-08-07 | ALAS-2013-217 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | nss | 2013-12-17 | ALAS-2013-265 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |